Electric-lighting apparatus.



No. 64|,957. Patented Jan. 23, I900. G. HEIDEL.

tauammc LIGHTING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Feb. 20, 1899.)

(No Modal.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVOS HEIDEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE GLOBE ELECTRICCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ELECTRIC-LIGHTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,957, dated January23, 1900.

Application filed February 20, 1899. Serial No. 706,173- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LGUsrAvos HEIDEL,a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric-LightingApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear,and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to an elec'tric-lightin g apparatus arranged to beoperated through the medium of a windmill, the object of the inventionbeing essentially to provide an apparatus by means of which electriclights may be furnished from an individual apparatus at suburban homesand farm-houses.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is an elevation of the dynamo-operating mechanism in connectionwith the windmill. Fig. 11 is a top view thereof. Fig. III is a faceview of the driving-shaft camdisk. Fig. IV is a side elevation of anexpansible wrist-pin which I employ. Fig. V is a longitudinal section ofthe same.

5 designates a part of a dynamo which is designed to be located inproximity to a windmill and may be mounted on suitable supports in anydesirable position. The dynamo is provided with an armature 6 on anarmature-shaft 7, and the armature is provided with the usualappurtenances. The armature-shaft 7 is provided with a clutch member 8,that is movable on said shaft and is controlled by governor-toggles 9.

10 designates a windmill, which may be of any common construction andprovided with the usual connecting-rod 11, that may or may not lead to apump 12.

13 designates a standard in which a driveshaft 14 is mounted. Thedrive-shaft 14 is provided with a disk 15,containing an eccentric or camgroove 16,1ooated in the face thereof. The groove 16 receives a fixedexpansible-wristpin 17, carried by the connecting-rod 11, so that by thevibration and reciprocation of said connecting-rod under the action ofthe windmill rotation is imparted to the disk by the wrist-pin 17secured at desired position in the groove 16 of said disk, and thedrive-shaft 14 is thus revolved.

18 designates a tumbler-rod, connected at one end by a knuckle-joint 19to the driveshaft 14, and connected at its other end by a knuckle-joint20 to a shaft 21, that leads to the armature-shaft 7, and is adapted toconnect therewith by means of a clutch member 22, that receivesconnection with the clutch member 8 011 said armature-shaft. It willtherefore be seen that the operation of the windmill causes motion to beimparted through the drive-shaft 14 and tumbler-rod 18 to thearmature-shaft 7 to supply the motive power to the dynamo 5, and therebygenerate the electrical current, which is conveyed to a storage battery44. Electricity thus generated is accumulated in said storage batteryand may be used therefrom as occasion may demand. The light-wires (J andC may lead to either an arc-lamp 23 or an incandescent lamp 24, as shownin Fig. I.

I claim as my invention In an electric-lighting apparatus, theconnecting-rod of a windmill, a Wrist-pin carried thereby, adrive-shaft, a disk carried by said drive-shaft provided with acam-groove adapted to receive said wrist-pin, a dynamo, and means ofconnection between said drive-shaft and the armature-shaft of saiddynamo, substantially as described.

GUSTAVOS HEIDEL.

In presence of E. S. KNIGHT, G. A. TAUBERSOHMIDT.

